After a speech by an admiral, Japanese newspapermen are given the news of the declaration of war against the United States on 8 December 1941. A Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific. Sailors on the deck of a carrier. A captain looks through binoculars. Sailors prepare the dive bombers on the ship deck. Japanese pilots during a final briefing. A Japanese sailor erases a board, while another stands before a writing on the ship. Bombers on the carrier deck. Japanese Sailors watch as pilots board their planes and take off. The bombers in flight with bombs attached onto the belly. Japanese bombers drop bombs on U.S. ships in Pearl Harbor. U.S. Pearl Harbor Base under attack.
White Sands Proving Ground and the Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The white drifting sand dunes. The entrance sign reads 'White Sands National Monument, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service'. A building in the premises with the American flag in the foreground. Soldier walks on the sand dunes with a gun. Tracks made by motor vehicle. Sandy area with a cactus bush. Soldier runs over sand dunes. Soldier throws sand out of the camera. Sign reads 'Air Material Command Alamogordo AAF Special Range'. (World War II period).
V-2 rocket, first ballistic missile launched at Holloman Air Force Base Alamogordo, New Mexico. View of buildings where the assembling of rockets takes place. An airman stands near the rocket on a trailer. The V-2 rocket on stand at the site. Personnel make preparations at the launching site. Calibration equipment at the launching site.
V-2 rocket launched at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. A red flag is raised. The rocket V-2 in the launch tower. Personnel prepare before the launch. The liquid oxygen tank on trailer for fueling. Technicians wearing fire protective clothing. Fire fighting men and equipment standing by during the refueling. Technicians make last minute preparations. The rocket in launching position. The tip of V-2 missile. A large truck moves away from missile. (World War II period).
V-2 rocket fired at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Doctor O' Day, Director of Upper Air Research with other technicians. Technicians work on the launching tower. Liaison aircraft flies directly above V-2 Rocket. People gathered around the tower. The tower removed from the rocket. Red fumes coming out of control blockhouse. Man moves at the top of the control house. The rocket is fired. Smoke trails out of V-2. Rocket goes up 80 miles. Fumes coming out of control building. (World War II period).
V-2 rocket fired at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. The damaged nose section spreads on the ground. The demolished tail section parts scattered all over. Person examines the remains. Mountain ridges in the background. (World War II period).
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